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Cayetano Hilario Abellán
Cayetano Hilario Abellán (born 21 May 1916 in Argamasilla de Alba, Spain – died 1997) was a Spanish self-taught sculptor who produced sculptures based on different themes. His work is known because of his group of characters from the Miguel de Cervantes' well known novel ''Don Quixote'' (''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha''), among others. Biography Son of Cayetano Hilario, mayor of Argamasilla de Alba during the II Republic and the Spanish civil war and Juliana Abellán, he was the third of six sons. He affiliated with the Spanish Communist Workers' Party (1921), communist party in Francoist Spain. Cayetano, like others that fought the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists in the Spanish civil war went to jail during 1944–1945. He lost one of his brothers during the war, Julián Hilario. He found his passion in sculpture as a child, he began his career as a bricklayer and self-taught himself the art of sculpture in his free time, it wasn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel De Cervantes, By Cayetano Hilario
--> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (other), various locations in Azores, Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde People * Miguel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Miguel (singer) (born 1985), Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist *Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish pop new wave musician and actor * Miguel Calderón (born 1971), artist and writer *Miguel Cancel (born 1968), former American singer *Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director *Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author *Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist *Miguel Ferrer (1955–2017), American actor * Miguel Galván (1957–2008), Mexican actor *Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian / American photographer. *Miguel Ángel Landa (born 1936), Venezuelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Births
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign – The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive – Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in modern-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Cano (Poet)
Vicente Cano (January 1, 1927, Argamasilla de Alba – July 11, 1994, Ciudad Real) was a Spanish poet. Biography Son of Vicente Cano García, a tailor and Rosa Cano Ramírez, he was born in Argamasilla de Alba after the family moved there from Moral de Calatrava, his father's family were originally from Albuñol. Sixth of eight children, four men and four women, Vicente had a childhood of economic straits in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. His brother Antonio was a pilot of the FARE, achieving with the arrival of democracy the rank of commander. His father, a tailor, had a business that required him to work all day and part of the night, his wife and daughters would help regularly in the business. When Vicente was 25, he started writing poems to his then girlfriend, Teresa, who would later become his wife and with whom he will have three children. He died of cancer at the age of 67, leaving a wide literary imprint. Literary activity In 1964 he attends the Literary Meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942 ) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. At school, he became a friend of Ramón Sijé, a well-educated boy who lent and recommended books to Hernández, and whose death would inspire his most famous poem, ''Elegy''. Hernández died of tuberculosis, imprisoned due to his active participation on the Republican side of the civil war. His last book, '' Cancionero y romancero de ausencias'', was published after his death, and is a collection of the poems he wrote in prison, some writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Martínez Ruiz
José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruiz, better known by his pseudonym Azorín (; 8 June 1873 – 2 March 1967), was a Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic. Biography José Martínez Ruiz was born in the village of Monòver, Spain in the province of Alicante on 8 June 1873. The outbreak of the Second Spanish Republic saw him re-adopt his old progressive political ideals. He abandoned the conservative '' ABC'' newspaper to write for the republican newspapers '' El Sol'', ''La Libertad'' and ''Ahora''. He edited '' Revista de Occidente'', founded by José Ortega y Gasset, a journal promoting European philosophy, from 1923 to 1936. When he returned to Spain after the Spanish Civil War, he found himself in "inner exile", along with other intellectuals who had not overtly supported the Franco regime during the conflict. He was at first denied a press identification card (''tarjeta de periodista''), but was supported by Ramón Serrano Suñer, at that time Franco's Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
